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Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_3'); })When a small Illinois town vanishes off the map in a single night, Intrepid Reporter Audrey Aimes (Peggie Castle) swoops in smelling a scoop. Denied this, she begins investigating the goings on, leading her to Dr. Ed Wainwright (Peter Graves), who has developed a greenhouse full of atomic-sized fruits and vegetablesnote By which we mean vegetables grown to enormous size through the use of atomic power, not vegetables the size of atoms — which the local insect population keeps breaking into.Continuing the investigation, Audrey and Peter eventually discover the culprit: LOCUSTS! BIG ONES!! Irradiated by the good doctor's atomic plants, the local locust population has been transformed into a Nigh Invulnerable swarm of eight-foot-plus bugs of DOOM! The giant bugs begin chowing down on (postcards of) the Illinois countryside and work their way toward Chicago while Dr. Wainwright tries to figure out how to stop them.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_content_2'); })For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 version, please go to the episode recap page.
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Chickification
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Chickification: Audrey Aimes goes from Intrepid Reporter in the first half of the movie to Neutral Female in the latter half.
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Auto Erotica
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Auto Erotica: The couple in the Cold Open only manage to get to first base before they're killed off though.
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever
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Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Actually, the script mentions that the Big Bugs come in various sizes, in an effort to cover the lousy compositing work.
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Giant Food
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Giant Food: Subverted; Wainwright's bowling-ball-sized strawberries and other oversized produce aren't safe for human consumption.
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Artistic License – Geography
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Artistic License – Geography: The locust swarm goes from Rantoul to Chicago ... by way of Peoria (making a substantial detour to the west, for those who don't have a map of Illinois handy). Also, the infamous "suburbs of Paxton." Paxton, Illinois, is a small rural town (population slightly under 4,500 as of 2010) which has never had suburbs. They might have meant it was "suburb of Paxton".
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Big Creepy-Crawlies
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Big Creepy-Crawlies: The locusts, of course.
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